Area 7 Eventing Qualifiers at Offchurch Bury

We had a fantastic day at the Area 7 Eventing Qualifiers at Offchurch Bury, Warwickshire.

Both our teams in the 80cm qualified for the Regional Championships, the Bluebirds of Oscar Mathews (individual 7th) Oscar Morgan, Izzy Archer Gwilliam (individual 3rd) and Hector Hird (individual 7th) placed team 6th and the Ludlow Jays of Cordelia Dearden (individual 6th) Islay Craig Alliani (individual 7th), Olivia Beaumont (individual 5th) and Nancy Potter (individual 4th) came 7th!  The teams had just under 1 point between them! Individually Cordelia Dearden and lovely Rhubarb came 8th in their section and also qualified for the Regionals!

Next up was the 90 cm and Rohays our only competitor this year on her lovely new horse. She came a very respectable 6th individually in her section.

In the 100cm Emily Walsh (individual 5th) and Livvy Hathaway (individual 4th) joined the Area team to take Team 1st! Both qualifying for the National Championships.

In the hottest part of the day our 70 teams set off. They all rode amazingly well and our Ludlow Swifts team of Erin Gwilliam, Eddie Nolan (5th individual), Grace Windsor Clive (2nd individual) and Eva Crompton (8th individual) came team 1st to qualify for Regional championships and won the Area 7 cup!!!

We also had 4 individuals qualify for Regionals, Connie Targett (individual 5th) and Florence Tilby (9th individual), both new combinations so a wonderful start for them! Islay Hill (4th individual) and Minna Hill not far behind in 7th individually both qualified for the Regionals.

It was a long hot day, but our fabulous Ludlow team spirit shone through. Huge thanks to Rosie Thomas and Harriet Beaumont for all your help yesterday getting the teams prepared. Also to team manager Claire Bradley for all her support and of course Caroline Evans for cheering them all on!